Post #689536 by danlovestikis on Fri, Aug 9, 2013 4:55 PM

First off I had a wonderful birthday, especially because you all sent me well wishes here. Thank you very much (: I logged on a bunch of times just to read the next one. I smiled all day yesterday and today. I'll just answer any other messages now.

GROG these are new 06 glazes and they did turn out well on the chip. BIG Hugs at Oasis.

Atomic Tiki Punk (:

Holler Waller (:

zerostreet (:

swizzle I saw you ask for someone to pass on hugs from you at Oasis. If you send me the list I can do it. I'll be doing the same for ZERO TIKI

MadDogMike Yep, but in person is fun too. Dan and I celebrate the entire month. (:

I have always used the Duncan Cover Coats and only had them run with a pale colored bulk clear glaze which I now avoid. So it is back to Cover Coats and the dark green clear glaze.

WaikikianMoeKele finding new glazes is such fun. (:

Professor G (:

Gene S Morgan I like the reference to 29 especially since I now qualify for social security.

littlegiles I want to win the lottery too and build a home that looks like the Stockton Islander. I'm so flattered you would have used some for me!

tigertail777 (:

TikiRootsRocka (:

TikiAno Duncan Cover Coat works really well. I was trying to avoid having to also do 2 layers of clear glaze and instead I ended up with more work than that to fix them. (:

Bruddah Bear (((:

LoriLovesTiki oh cute puppy and dog. Our cat keeps us busy. She is a princess, no queen who has us wait on her.

We are packing for Oasis and leaving soon to visit relatives along the way. So soon I'll be writing but not posting photos. So here are a few for now.

The joke in my family is that Dan takes me shopping for a birthday present and he always comes home with the loot.

The tag on this said, "This is NOT a tourist tiki". It is really nice, the bottom has felt so we
don't know if it is signed. It is light weight like coconut.

He also found a Tonga Room Fairmount Hotel San Francisco Pepper shaker so he bought it too.

On my birthday a new restaurant opened and we were the first customers. It was a Marie Calendar's that was jutted and now looks spectacular.

It was a fun day out.

Back to opening the kiln. Notice that evil glint in Dan's eyes. He'd just said, "This one is for me"! So using a crystal glaze on top of three layers of brown worked really well.

Same for putting the Concepts under-glaze in the lettering. It didn't run.

This is the mug for Dan's best friend.

It has his badge number.

You can't tell here but this new glaze sparkles as you move the mug.

I finished painting the two women necklaces with enamel paint and baked them. I gave Dan the one I liked least

and saved this one for hang10tiki for noticing I'd done 250 pages here. Deal is he has to wear it for a day at Oasis. I haven't heard from him yet. hang10 deal???

I was able to save the faces on this bowl with enamel paint the same way.

Dan found a place to display it.

The person who ordered this bowl disappeared. I hope he is alright. Dan put it into his collection but knows if the gentleman comes back he's allowed to buy it.

That's it for today. Thank you all again for making my birthday feel very special. I treasure all my friends on TC. Cheers, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2013-08-09 17:28 ]